Sep 27th 1970 : The first national level demonstration in Delhi. A Charter of Demands, Containing demands like making of Atom Bomb, Voting Right at 18 years, student participation in university administration, was presented.

1971 : Propagated the ideological concepts “Today’s Student is Today’s citizen”, Student Power-Nation’s Power and Social Participation of Students. Gajendragadkar Committee on Education partially accepted the demand for students’ representation in University Administration.

1973 : A New dimension given to the student unions. Decided to play a major role in accelerating the process of national transformation.

Nov 1973 : All India Conference at Ahmadabad. Resolved to stress the social and national role of Student Power.

March 1975 : National Movement spread and strengthened. Mammoth demonstration held in Delhi under the leadership of Jayprakash Narayan.

1975-76 : Internal emergency clamped on the country; ABVP workers were arrested. More than 10,000 workers offered Satyagraha under the aegis of Lok Sangharsha Samiti. Many workers offered their active services for underground struggle. 650 workers underwent imprisonment under MISA, more than 4500 workers were arrested under different sections of law and jailed.

April 1977 : A proposal for dissolution of student and youth organisations and merging them as youth wing of ruling party made at a meeting of many such organisations at Sarnath, was rejected by ABVP; stressed on being above party politics. ABVP continued its work.

: First woman Full Time Worker appointed.

: Participation in relief works in the cyclone – hit areas of Andhra Pradesh.

: Lok Abhiyan – an intensive campaign for awakening the voters before the Lok Sabha Elections.

: Major SEIL tour covering many states was organised.

Jan 1981 : Active participation in Assam Agitation against infiltration from Bangladesh. A National Convention on the Assam Crisis was organised. At the initiative of ABVP, different organisations, parties and their leaders unanimously decided to work for finding a solution.

Sept. 1981 : A national Seminar on the Policy of Reservation, at Patna.

Jan 1982 : Public Awakening campaign for scrapping of Article 370 from the Constitution of India and other issues.

1983-84 : National Integration Week observed. Public awakening on Punjab and Kashmir problems.

1985 : International Youth Year’s Programmes – District level conferences to highlight youth policy and rights of the youth. Grand All India Conference held in Delhi. World Organisation of Students and Youth (WOSY) founded.

: Nationwide programmes and signature campaign in support of Tibetan Freedom Movement.

1988 : Launched movement against corruption in education and politics. Sangharsha Parva declared. Large gatherings of student leaders held at different levels.

: Call for struggle for systemic change and economic independence.

: “Students For Development”- forum started for the promotion of rural development , appropriate technology, environment protection etc.

: First all India Abhyas Varg of girl workers, Mumbai.

1989 : Impressive programmes organised on the occasion of the birth centenaries of Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Dr. K.B. Hedgekar, founder of the R.S.S.

April 1990 : Third Vichar Baithak, Ujjain, MP.

: Public awakening against terrorism and violence in Kashmir; Study group visited Kashmir; National Convention was organised in Delhi.

: Kashmir Bachao Andolan (Save Kashmir Movement). ‘Nationwide college bandh’ (closure) on August 22; a mammoth demonstration of more than ten thousand students at Jammu on Sept. 11 On Sept. 14, Prime Minister V.P.Singh was entrusted the National Flag, Which he promised to hoist at Lal chowk in Srinagar.

: Active Participation in Shri Ram Janmabhoomi (Ayodhya) Movement.

1990 : Seminars on technical education with reference to the details of Engineering, Polytechnic and ITI education, held at Bangalore, Mumbai and Nagpur respectively.

1991 : Silver Jubilee of SEIL Project. Students’ tours organised in the North-East and the rest of the country. National Youth Rally held at Guwahati.

: More than 36,000 Students participated in the demonstration against Naxalites’ Violence in Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad.

June 1992 : Satyagraha at Teen Bigha (Bengal) against handing over of Teen Bigha enclave to Bangladesh.

July 1992 : Hosted International Youth Convention in Delhi under the auspices of WOSY.

Sept. 1992 : More than 86,000 students participated in the “Save Campus” movement at the mammoth demonstration in Bangalore.

: Relief and service activities for the earthquake victims of Uttar Kashi, UP.

Dec 1992 : Participation in the Ayodhya Movement.

1993 : All India meeting in Mumbai to discuss activities of Students for Development; conducted Prakashyatra to visit social projects.

: A Study group visited Bhutan to study the problems of non-Bhutanese people in Bhutan.

: Active and successful agitation in Maharashtra for reaming the Marathwada University after Dr. Babasaheb Ammbedkar (1990-94).

: Participated in relief works for the earthquake victims of Marathwada in Maharashtra.

: State wise “Save Education – Save Campus” Movement; huge student rallies at the state capitals. At Mumbai 1,32,000 students of Maharashtra Participated in the historic rally. The idea of ‘Save campus culture’ was initiated.

April 1994 : Fourth Vichar baithak, Sarnath, UP.

July 1994 : National Seminar on Financing of Higher Education (Delhi).

: Various aspects of educations were discussed at the series of Seminars on Education, at Hyderabad, Lucknow, Vadodara, Guwahati and Chandigarh

: Four Sandesh Yatras with the message of national integration, educational restructuring , social awakering started from four places of inspiration viz. Moirang in Manipur, ruins of Nalanda Vishwavidyalaya, Chambazhati in Kerala (birthplace of Shri Narayan Guru) and Srinagar (Kashmir) culminated in Mumbai.

Dec 1998 : The grand National Conference of over 12,000 delegates in Mumbai; Former Presidents, General Secretaries felicitated. “Chhatra Sankalp” (National Charter of Students) was adopted. Golden Jubilee felicitations to selected personalities devoted to social work.

Jan 1999 : “Chetavani Diwas” (Warning Day) observed throughout the country against the new patent law.

April 1999 : Fifth Vichar Baithak at Tirupati.

June-July 1999 : National awakening against the Pakistani aggression in Kargil sector. Programmes full of national spirit held; blood donation, National Defence Fund Collection etc. were undertaken.

May 2003 : National level baithaks of various dimensions / aspects of work viz., Girls, tribal students , technical students, SFD and Educational Cell-on the eve of NEC Meeting, Varanasi.

June 2003 : Participation of SEIL representatives from all over the country in the Youth Camp at Sindhu Utsav orgnised by Union Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Youth Affairs.

27 July 2003 : National Seminar under the joint auspices of nationalist educational organizations, against the proposal by WTO to include education within the purview of GATS; adopted Delhi Declaration against the proposal.